Shara Marche
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Nickname | Shaza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shara Gillow 23 December 1987 Nambour, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Time trialist[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunshine Coast Cycling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Bizkaia–Durango | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | GreenEDGE–AIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Rabo–Liv | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shara Marche (née Gillow; born 23 December 1987) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the Bizkaia–Durango, Orica–AIS, Rabo–Liv and FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope teams.[5] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished 13th in the time trial and 39th in the road race.
Following her retirement, Marche became a food coach and nutritionist at UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.[6][7]
Personal
[edit]Marche was born on 23 December 1987 in Nambour, Queensland.[1][8] Her father David Gillow is an Olympic cyclist who represented Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1][9] She attended Nambour Christian College then was home schooled and obtained a Bachelor of Language from Western Sydney Institute.[1][8] As of 2012[update], she lived in Belli Park, Queensland.[1] Beyond cycling, Marche is also a surfer.[8]
In 2019, she married Nicolas Marche, then a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Team Sunweb. The couple live in Besançon, France,[10] and have a son, born in 2022.
Cycling
[edit]Marche did not become a professional cyclist until she was twenty years old, taking inspiration from her father to get involved with the sport.[1][9]
Marche was coached by Martin Barras from 2010.[1][8] Her coach said she "was one of the most physically gifted cyclists he had seen, but tended to be too conservative and protective when competing."[9] Her primary training base is in Italy, with a secondary training base in Australia.[1] She is a member of the Sunshine Coast Cycling Club.[1] She has cycling scholarships with the Queensland Academy of Sport and Australian Institute of Sport.[1][8] She was a member of the GreenEDGE–AIS professional cycling team.[11]
Marche finished 4th at the 2011 Memorial Davide Fardelli in Rogno, Italy.[1] She finished 3rd at the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen in Germany.[1] She finished 9th overall at the 2011 Giro d'Italia Femminile in Italy.[1] She finished 8th at the 2012 La visite chrono du Gatineau in Canada.[1] She finished 7th at the 2012 Prologue GP Elsy Jacobs in Luxembourg.[1] She finished 1st in the individual time trial and 2nd in the road event at the 2012 Oceania Road Championships in Queenstown, New Zealand.[1] She finished 2nd at the 2012 Women's Tour of New Zealand.[1] She finished 1st in the individual time trial event at the 2012 Australian Road Championships in Learmonth, Australia.[1]
Marche was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the road race and individual time trial.[1][9][11][12][13] Prior to the Olympics, she raced with Australia's GreenEDGE–AIS team in the Giro Donne.[9] She finished 13th in the time trial and 39th in the road race.[14]
In September 2016 it was announced that Marche would join FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope for the 2017 season.[15] She spent the rest of her professional career with the team, announcing her retirement in September 2020.[16]
Major results
[edit]Source:[17]
- 2008
- 2nd Overall Tour of Bright
- 2009
- 2nd Overall Canberra Tour
- 8th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
- 9th Chrono Champenois
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Mersey Valley Tour
- 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2011
- Oceania Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 4th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
- 4th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 7th Chrono Champenois
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Stage 2
- 2012
- Oceania Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 7th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Bay Classic Series
- UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd
Team time trial
- 10th Time trial
- 2nd
- 2nd Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
- 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 8th Chrono Gatineau
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 6th Road race
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 3rd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 3rd Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 7th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 1st Stage 2
- 10th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 2014
- Oceania Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 9th Road race
- 3rd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
- 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 6th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
- 10th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT
- 3rd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 2016
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová
- Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 3rd Team time trial
- 9th Road race
- 7th Draai van de Kaai
- 8th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 8th Ridderronde Maastricht
- 10th Chrono Champenois
- 2017
- 1st Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
- 1st Stages 1 & 2 (ITT)
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 5th La Course by Le Tour de France
- 6th Strade Bianche
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 8th Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 7th Road race
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 8th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- 8th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 4th Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 9th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "London 2012 – Shara Gillow". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Shara Gillow". Orica–AIS. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Uttrup Ludwig shows off new FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope kit". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (3 December 2020). "11 of the biggest names in women's cycling who will retire in 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Abram, Anna-Marie (1 September 2022). "'It's all in the timing' – we catch up with World Tour team SD Worx to find what we can learn from pro-level nutrition tactics". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Shara Marche". SD Worx (in Dutch). Stichting Cycling Team for Talents. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Shara Gillow". Australia: Cycling Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Games dream a reality for Gillow | Sunshine Coast Cycling | Cycling and Mountain Biking in Sunshine Coast". Sunshine Coast Daily. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Cyclisme : la nouvelle vie de Shara Marche" [Cycling: the new life of Shara Marche]. Centre Presse (in French). Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Olympic hills are alive for Hosking". The Canberra Times. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Evans spearheads Australian road cycling team". Agence France-Presse. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Cyclist O'Grady off to sixth Olympics". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Shara Gillow – Events and results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "CYCLISME Shara Gillow rejoint Poitou-Charentes Futuroscope 86" [CYCLING Shara Gillow joins Poitou-Charentes Futuroscope 86]. La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 10 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ Gillow, Shara [@SharaGillow] (25 September 2020). "12 years ago I started my Cycling career back in Italy with the @AusCyclingTeam. This will be my last year as a pro cyclist, it's becoming more evident that I'm happy & content with this decision. So many Special people & life long friends that I'm so grateful to have met" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Profile at Cycling Quotient
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Shara Marche at UCI
- "Shara Gillow at GreenEDGE Cycling". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- Shara Marche at Cycling Archives
- Shara Marche at CQ Ranking
- Shara Marche at ProCyclingStats
- Shara Marche at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Living people
- 1987 births
- Australian female cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Australian people of Zimbabwean descent
- People from Nambour, Queensland
- Sportswomen from Queensland